I had mine for close to 3 years then one night he developed some kind of ulcer or tumour above one of his eyes and he was dead before morning. Stunned me how fast the decline was at the end..
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Originally Posted by staceyd72
adapt well to aquarium life.
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I would actually have to say this is somewhat questionable. Those that do adapt seems to be OK but for some reason they are in a small minority. (VERY small minority.) The majority seem to be unable to adapt to prepared foods or just perish suddenly and without warning. Among those that seem to be doing OK, there seems to be a lot of stories like "he was fine and eating and growing for at least {1,2,3} years then suddenly one day he died" type stories.
I myself am torn, I would one day like another but the anecdotal evidence out there these days seems to suggest they might be not be suitable for captive care.
